New Television Drama Brings
Sept. 11 Attacks Center Stage

'Rescue Me' on Cable's FX
Explores Firefighters' Lives

By

Joe Flint Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 14, 2004 11:59 a.m. ET

Prime-time television is finally joining the post-9/11 world.

FX, the News Corp.-owned cable network, has won kudos for risk-taking with original series "The Shield" and "Nip/Tuck." But next week, it will take its biggest roll of the dice yet with "Rescue Me," a drama about post-Sept. 11 New York firefighters created by and starring Denis Leary.